Q. How do you think the Australian economy is performing in comparison to other developed countries?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Total better

73%

84%

72%

80%

Total worse

7%

3%

8%

1%

A lot better

27%

44%

19%

32%

A little better

46%

40%

53%

48%

About the same

16%

13%

16%

12%

A little worse

5%

2%

5%

1%

A lot worse

2%

1%

3%

–

Don’t know

4%

1%

3%

6%

If ‘a lot better’ or ‘a little better’ –

Q. How much credit do the following deserve for the current performance of Australia’s economy?

A lot

Some

A little

None

Don’t know

The Federal Labor Government

18%

31%

23%

21%

6%

The previous Coalition Government

21%

31%

26%

15%

6%

The booming resources sector

47%

31%

12%

3%

7%

The Reserve Bank

6%

42%

29%

13%

9%

73% think that the Australian economy is performing better than other developed countries and only 7% think it is performing worse.

Respondents give most credit for the performance of the economy to the booming resources sector (78% a lot or some credit). They give similar credit to the Labor Government (49%) and the previous Coalition Government (52%).